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Said 1,312 times, in 322 of 378 sermons, across 32 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: thought 998, thoughts 314.

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Let Us 90 23

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out that. In his heart. Caught me way off guard. He knows the thoughts and intents of our heart. He knows the struggles. He knows th
can be chaos and turmoil, right? So if your life is like a, I thought about this picture. If your life is like a storm at sea, righ
is in the deepest places of who he is as a person, his inward thoughts and emotions. It's there, he says, he is silently waiting. No
others to make themselves higher. And they do this giving no thought to their souls, giving no thought to the fact that God sees e
And they do this giving no thought to their souls, giving no thought to the fact that God sees everything and judges perfectly. So
ng him, looking for weakness. He says, there's some different thoughts on whether this passage is talking about David when it says l
our refuge. One pastor says this. I read this this week and I thought it was pretty, pretty cool. He says, they trust not at all wh
. Flesh that brings up doubt and unbelief and anger. And that thought of how you should respond to your spouse or how you can make
he excellencies of the righteous are obnoxious to the wicked. Thought that was interesting. The way of your life and how you live,
e differently, to represent Christ. Spurgeon also said, and I thought this was very interesting. He said, if the wicked could but r
h, did Pastor John forget his sermon? Maybe. Maybe that was a thought that crossed your mind. I don't know. Maybe you were thinking
y awkward moments where Pastor John's going to try to get his thoughts together and eventually we'll get to the sermon. No, that was
praying? Is this meditation? What's happening here? Maybe you thought those things in your head, right? Some of you might have been
revealing to you that you are leaning on money more than you thought . When uncertainty rattles you to the core, maybe it's reveali
Well, just outside, and there's these rock formations, and he thought it'd be a great idea to fish on this rock, and then the tide
nt, the crash hit. Next day, they're going to work. What they thought they were going to have, what they thought was the confidence
to work. What they thought they were going to have, what they thought was the confidence of their retirement, gone in a heartbeat.
mething I've been longing for my whole life. It's the idea, a thought that if I could just get that or when that happens, David say
ouse will stand. God is our foundation. He's our salvation. I thought about it for a while. I'm like, he's my rescuer. He rescues m
te. I am at rest in God alone. My salvation comes from him. I thought about it. I'm like, I mean, I do trust God. My problem is I t
asting to everlasting, you are God. Isaiah 55, 8 to 9. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declare
you are God. Isaiah 55, 8 to 9. For my thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Psalm 103, 19. The Lord has established h
are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts . Psalm 103, 19. The Lord has established his throne in the he
rch me, O God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts . See if there's any way in me that makes you sad and lead me
aybe you'll disagree with me, but the more and more that I've thought about it, it's kind of a working hypothesis, but the more and
t, it's kind of a working hypothesis, but the more and more I thought about it, the more and more I think that it is true. One of t
endence, that we can be independent people. Now, when I first thought about that, when I was toying around this idea of what indepe
t have to rely on anyone but us. But the more and more that I thought about this idea of dependence versus independence, the more a
That you would speak through me. That it be your words, your thoughts . And that we would leave here glorifying you. So God, we love
From him comes my salvation. So there has been a reoccurring thought in the Psalms. If you've been with us this summer as we've be
en studying through the Psalms, there's been this reoccurring thought that we've been seeing through almost every Psalm that we hav
ar, wait on God. Wait on the Lord. And there's many different thoughts that come to our mind. What does it mean? Clearly it is an im
r faith built upon? What is the foundation of this? Now, this thought of verse 2 is almost echoed clearly in verses 5 to 7. So goin
aith alone in one thing, Christ. Jesus Christ, our rock. As I thought about that, right, sometimes I can be fearful to go, man, I'm
building homes right up on the shoreline in the sand. If you thought this wasn't true, it's happening right before our eyes. 30th
k like? I think this is a very important question, one that I thought about. Go to verse eight in Psalm 62. Trust in him at all tim
my sermon and where I was wrapping it up. Didn't fully have a thought of where it was gonna go. I had an idea. And every idea that
do? What does waiting look like in suffering? If we have this thought that it's always gonna be prosperity financially with our hea
seeing, wow, like I didn't realize Psalms was so practical. I thought it was just some worship songs and some poems. And David is w
uld have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought , How to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task. Un
, he said, I was envious of the arrogant. I read this week. I thought it was an interesting illustration. It said, do you want to m
hild miserable, give all their siblings candy and not them. I thought , oh, that's an interesting perspective. But we live in a life
ss this. Processing our doubts. He says, but then. But when I thought how to understand this, that is such a great, great thing. So
allow his heart to speak into these truths. What did he do? I thought how to understand this. This just, this has to make more sens
we like, we don't like that. That's, that's what I've always thought that like guys, guys struggled one time. He had a sin. He's l
73 is so good. I, I could have preached the whole message. I thought so good. I just, it's just so practical for life. Verse 23, n
ken these things and said them out loud, if I'd allowed these thoughts in my mind, which weren't truthful, and I was just being pers
purgeon says it this way. It's not always wise to speak one's thoughts . He dared not, therefore, come to such a resolution, but paus
ng, that, you don't, you're not speaking all the truth. And I thought I, you know, the many people that heard that, what would happ
other believers. It hurt them. Verse 16. He says, but when I thought how to understand this. It seemed to be a wearisome task, har
erses search me. O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts . And see if there be any grievous way in me. And lead me in t
life? I want you to see where Asaph ends and lands his whole thoughts . This is so beautiful. This is wonderful. Verse 28. I love th
st stumbled. I almost gave up. I almost threw in the towel. I thought , you know what? I'm done with God. Asaph says in verse three,
. So I made sure what was going on the inside, my motives, my thoughts , my intentions was right before God. I tried to make sure tha
I've tried to live for you. Verse 16. Asaph says, but when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task. I t
s going on around him. Verses 16 to 20 in the ESV. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to be a wearisome task. Yea
through the Psalms, there's sometimes this reality of, man, I thought I knew how to pray. And now we're going back through the Psal
mething has to change. And we jump down. Verse 16. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a weakness. And I lov
. And he's testing, he's looking and he's saying, this, these thoughts , this desire of my heart, this reality that I'm constantly fi
into it, pulling him into this pit, this pit of despair. As I thought about this, a deep fear within me arose. One of my deepest fe
heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. It leads to the thought of, why am I doing good? I'm trying to follow God. Trying to
n vain. Augustine, reflecting on this verse, says this is the thought of verse 13. That if I serve God and have to go without wealt
am in need while a godless person has plenty. It's where that thought , that envy can lead us to. We're talking about this fight, th
re's an old joke about a scientist, a group of scientists who thought that maybe God wasn't necessary anymore. So I'd like to tell
, you need to have materials. And if you follow this chain of thought , this chain of dependency back far enough, you're going to ev
God, God, may I get out of the way. God, may my opinions, my thoughts not be in any of the words communicated this morning. May you
ty of life, and the wise seek to obtain, a heart of wisdom. I thought through that as being now in my 40s, realizing the brevity of
o only wanted to eat. drink and be merry. They had no time or thought for God. See, the rich man believed in years to enjoy his per
m 90, but I wanted to highlight these three phrases because I thought they were so practical in our lives. Lord, you have been my,
ch to do with my message and it's not even in my notes, but I thought it was so practical. Let your work be shown to your servants
nd different things. I've always wanted to go on it. And so I thought it'd be fun. I can sleep anywhere. I can't really eat anythin
the end. And I was just sitting prepping for this message. I thought of these people marking that tree. I thought about our lives
this message. I thought of these people marking that tree. I thought about our lives as Moses is writing in Psalm chapter 90, real
are just the simple summary statements of Psalm chapter 90. I thought about the exercise of not just marking a tree, but putting an
you are doing. I read one commentator, evaluate your life. I thought , man, I don't want to do that, but that's what God has called
ked 34 years and retired a few years ago. And he says that, I thought I would have all the time in the world. And he said he wakes
s to number our days. I'm gonna tell you something crazy I've thought about the other day. I believe that I, I confessed Jesus as L
do with this? Now, I've debated where do I put this thing. I thought about just setting it right here and for you guys to stare at
ay and forever more. God is perfect. And just in hearing this thought to know that God is everlasting. See, time affects us. We are
are, go faster and faster. When I was 19, 20, I don't think I thought like this at all. We see the effects of sin. And that leads u
eing the child that grew up in the wilderness? I mean, I just thought myself as a kid, if I was in that time frame, what would my c
gs. And they moved often. Man, maybe as a kid, you would have thought , man, maybe today's the day we get to go in to get what God h
s. He's known to be one of the wisest men in humanity. And he thought it would be a wonderful research experiment to examine what t
y you? Is there something in you that goes, oh man, I haven't thought about that. He not only sees our public sins, but he sees our
it is good or whether it is evil. This is heavy. Like, man, I thought Father's Day was supposed to be fun. I want you to read verse
hange it, and I come out, and it reminds me. And this week, I thought , where has June gone? Wow, we're almost done with June. That'
us saying the land of a rich man produced plentifully. And he thought to himself, what shall I do? For I have nowhere to store my c
on fire and let's see what lasts in eternity. Ready. Sobering thought . Maybe you're sitting here and you're not ready because you d
bowed to other gods instead of their own making because they thought the one true God was unable to help them. They wanted their w
that you would speak through me that it'd be your words your thoughts penetrating hearts in here convicting of sin righteousness an
forever because he is eternal that is a wonderful truth and i thought you know what's a better way to explain eternity let me use t
e dim past vanishes then turns and looks into the future till thought and imagination collapses from exhaustion and god is at both
thing special, but I think about me a lot. On the way here, I thought , am I hungry? Don't want to accidentally skip a meal. Was I t
he other day. And now it's the end of June. It's June 21st. I thought June started yesterday, right? It just happens. Time goes mor
each other. Like this could be a really bad idea. And then I thought to myself, you know what I could do? Make some armor out of p
21 through 23 from within out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts , sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wicked
ou to see. Rather, train, discipline. This really does have a thought of get to the gym, right? This is the thought here. Like, wor
lly does have a thought of get to the gym, right? This is the thought here. Like, work out, work hard, train yourself for godliness
cause our flesh, we get off. We get mistrained. We get missed thoughts about who God is. If we don't continually seek the truth of t

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